Chopin International Piano Competition, Hartford, CT March 12-15 2015

Foreword

I would like to encourage all piano students and their professors to take part in the V IChopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT. The event, presented exclusively by Connecticut Chopin Foundation, will be held at Polish National Home in Hartford, CT from 12 to 15 March 2015. There will be also a master class of internationally acclaimed concert pianist and professor- Dr. Krystian Tkaczewski on March 15. In the past editions of Chopin competition took part pianists representing 18 countries and five continents. Our laureates consist of previous prize winners of such competitions as: Busoni, Sendai, Bachauer and Horowitz. The judges of Chopin competition have represented such countries as: Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Taiwan and USA. They were all experienced adjudicators, previously invited by such competitions as: Bachauer, Bonn, Cliburn, Helsinki, Isang Yun, Jaen, Kapell, Osaka, Rubinstein, San Jose, Vienna, among others. The Chopin Competition in Hartford received various recognitions and awards from state and federal government officers as: US representative John Larson, Mayor Pedro Segarra and Governor Dannel Malloy. The Fox News hailed Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford as "the most important musical event of the opening of the year in the State of Connecticut." The Chopin International Competition in Hartford is the most important piano competition in the State of Connecticut and the most important Chopinesque international event in State of Connecticut and an entire New England.

Best regards,

Dr. Krystian Tkaczewski

Artistic Director and President of Jury of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford

Category "Young Artist" will be judged on the majority of votes. Category "Professional" consists of two stages. An advance to the final round is on the simple majority of votes. If the total of positive votes is equal, the additional scoring system will be applied. Final round will be judged on the point system:

I prize - minimum 95 points,

II prize - minimum 92 points,

III prize- 90 points,

Honorable mention 85 points.

Jury doesn't have to award all prizes if the level of performance is insufficient.

• Voting procedure can be altered by majority of votes

• Any participant can take part in various categories under following conditions :

1.Will pay all application fees respectively.

2. Will present different repertoire for each category.

• Application fees will not be refunded under any circumstances.

• All competition performances are open for public.

• The order at which participants appear will be determined by drawing lots.

• All performances must be by heart.

• Repertoire may not be repeated in subsequent rounds.

• There is not allowed to perform self-composed pieces and composition requiring preparation of the piano.

• The jury reserves the right to not award all prizes. The decision of the jury is final and is not subject to challenge or any review. The committee reserves the right to make changes to the jury panel.

• Students of judges are allowed to participate in the competition, but may not be judged by the jury member who is a teacher of the contestant.

• All winners including honorable mentions and special prizes (if asked by organizing committee) must perform at the winners recital scheduled on Sunday, March 15, 2015

• Therefore they are obliged to perform without any renumeration

• If refused to perform, the competitor looses right using the title of laureate of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

• The contestants receiving prizes, honorable mentions, special prizes, but not chosen to participate in the Winners Concert, are obliged to collect their prizes during Award Ceremony (held together with the winners concert).

• Contestants who decide to not appear, will forfeit the right to use the tiltle of the laureate of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

• The organizing committee will not accept any absence (health problem, communication delays, etc) under any conditions.

• All participants of Chopin International Piano Competition receive the free admission to the winners concert.

• It doesn't contain parents, teachers, and all other accompanying people, who pay an admission fee in the price of 25 USD.

• Prizes may be subject to tax, according to U.S. tax laws in effect at the time of the competition.te in the Winners Concert, are obliged to collect their prizes during Award Ceremony (held together with the winners concert).

• Contestants who decide to not appear, will forfeit the right to use the tiltle of the laureate of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

• Foreign competitors are responsible for obtaining their own passports and visas. Competitors should contact the nearest American Embassy or consulate for advice.

• Competitors must pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.

• In the course of their careers, prize-winners may not undertake to claim to have won any prizes other than those they have actually been awarded.

•The competition has the right, without being obliged to pay any form of renumeration to either competitors or their managers, to: Commission radio, television, video and film recordings and/or images of all the performances. Produce and sell CDs, DVDs or video of all the performances, either in part or in their entirety, or to commission third parties with the production and sale thereof.

• Any contact with members of international jury is strictly forbidden during the entire competition.

• Special requests for jury comments in a written form have to be communicated in the time of application process. Transcripts with translated into English comments, can be ordered in the price of 40 USD. Comments will appear without names of particular judges.

• Changes in repertoire cannot be made after February 10, 2015. • Winners if asked, have to provide either SSN or ITIN to receive monetary prizes.